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via Stephen Nellis A “wide range” of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) products including the Apple Watch would be affected by proposed U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, the company told U.S. trade officials, but gave no sign of an impact on its iPhone cash cow. Apple did not disclose specific revenues for most of the affected products, … Read more
by Ruby Henley We have been witnessing the attempts to silence conservative voices and alternative media, so it was no surprise that Alex Jones and InfoWars were shut down by Apple, Facebook and YouTube in an orchestrated attack. That reminds me, there was an orchestrated on Conservatives when the Democrats decided to disrupt the … Read more
by stockboardasset A series of African Swine Fever outbreaks in China is “here to stay,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday, adding that it could spread to neighboring countries in Asia. The FAO assembled an emergency meeting in Bangkok on Wednesday of health experts, government officials, and industry participants from China and surrounding countries … Read more
via Shawn Langlois Is this bull market finally running on fumes? Nobody really knows, of course, but, up to this point, no amount of hand-wringing over politics, valuations, Fed tightening, etc., has managed to kill what many, including the president, believe to be the longest bull market we’ve ever seen: Longest bull run in the history … Read more
via Sean Williams Chances are that if you invested at any point during the Great Recession, you’re sitting pretty right now, assuming you’ve held onto your positions. The U.S. economy is in the middle of its second-longest economic expansion in history, going back 161 years. And since the market bottomed out in March 2009, investors have witnessed all … Read more
by visualcapitalist If you pay any attention to financial media, chances are that you’ve heard increased chatter about the flattening “yield curve” in the past few weeks. For professional investors, talking about the yield curve is close to second nature – but to most regular folks, the words probably sound very abstract or esoteric. WHAT’S A … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4xhhr3BpA The Patriot Beat reports, Democrats have nothing to offer the American people. The only thing they have to give is divisiveness, obstruction, and hate. And nowhere was that more on display, than at the Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://patriotbeat.com/2018/09/04/dicky-durbin-admits-the-truth-on-dems-plot-for-kavanaugh/
The payments industry deplores it, but cash is starting to look pretty good, and central banks agree: “We do not foresee a totally cashless society”: ECB By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. This has not been a good year for IT systems in the UK. First there was TSB Bank’s botched IT migration in … Read more
we're going into a weekend with sour global mood + USD267BLN trade war escalation by Washington + threat of China retaliation pic.twitter.com/yfxrzPZNfO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 7, 2018 E P I C T R A D E W A R !!!! pic.twitter.com/0ISSPPvacH — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 7, 2018 $AAPL pic.twitter.com/OxkocdOWKR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 7, … Read more
via @ByRosenberg: % of income spent on rent (vs historical average) LA 47% (36%) Miami 42% (29%) San Francisco 39% (31%) NY 38% (26%) Boston 33% (26%) Denver 32% (24%) Seattle 31% (24%) Portland 30% (24%) US avg 28.4% (25.8%) https://www.zillow.com/research/q2-2018-affordability-21286/
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Orders for Class 8 trucks in August jumped 153% from a year ago to 52,400 trucks, beating by a smidgen the orders in July, which had been the highest number of monthly orders ever recorded. These are the heavy trucks that haul the products of the goods-based economy across the US, … Read more
This Week in Enron – Up in Smoke Edition$TSLA$TSLAQ pic.twitter.com/KR4cTRRH6b — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 7, 2018 Aside from that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?$TSLA pic.twitter.com/bv5yDrJYOh — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037953894045888512 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037953856846614528 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037953875607781376
BY SRSROCCO The U.S. Government’s balance sheet is one step closer to blowing up as its debt, and interest expense hit new record highs. And when I say “new record highs,” I am not exaggerating. It’s been a while since I checked the data on the TreasuryDirect.gov website, but when I researched the figures for … Read more
via Marketwatch: One of China’s largest conglomerates intends to completely exit its stake in Deutsche Bank AG and unload the vast majority of overseas investments it made in recent years, according to people familiar with the matter, a significant comedown for a once-highflying company. HNA Group Co. 000616, +2.32% , an owner of airlines and hotels that amassed … Read more
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent warnings by JP Morgan’s top quant (quantitative analyst) Marko Kolanovic who claims we will soon see flash crashes and a great liquidity crisis. Kolanovic claims that this will likely take place after the first half of 2019, but one cannot really say. … Read more
by Nate 1. The key to successful investing is having everyone agree with you — LATER. The most popular investment of the day is rarely the best investment. If you want to know what’s popular, look no further than the front page of your favored business journal… Or just tune in at your next cocktail party. 2. … Read more
by Dave I’m waiting to see what it says in the next day or so. If I start to see that rash of “red” sell signals, I’ll bail out. Otherwise, maybe there’s a 20% move in the near future, the same way there was a few weeks ago at 250.
by TFittonJW Here is Judicial Watch’s recent take:
The Wall Street Journal publishes an obvious question about Amazon employees requiring assistance in a headline, and then they never answer the question.